TripAdvisor Reviews Riad Ain Marrakech

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... beds and tables inside, it was also about 100 degrees. Outside was pretty good as a strong breeze was cooling things down. After another Tagine for dinner we tried our best to sleep but due to the heat we didn't get a lot. Watching the sunrise from the desert was amazing and we followed up with some frisbee which started a wonderful day. We hopped on camels and trekked for about two hours out of the desert to a small town and a big oasis of palm ...

... word around is that Yves spent a lot of his time with the wacky baccy and so his ''LOVE" collection was born. Just ask Mandy what it was like in 1968 when she was there for a year and I think you will hear a very funny story. An epiphany occurred when she was there and it is soooooo funny. So when we have dinner with you we shall delight you in this hilarious occurrence.

The next day we had a day trip out of Marrakech to the Atlas Mountains. We had our own driver ...

... and we had read there was a tortoise that lives there...however when we went up we couldn't see one!? After an hour of writing this, I felt somthing bite/kiss my toe, I looked down, and it was Bazza! (Yep. We named the tortoise!) he just does laps of the terrace! The lovely lady who serves the food and makes breakfast is so sweet. She only speaks Arabic/French. Now I did french in high school many many years ago...but can just ...

... village of Mazik where we have mint tea. Like us he is recently married, he has three sisters who all live with their husbands' families while he and his wife will live with his parents.

Marrakech is bursting with activity during our stay; the medina and main square are thronged with Moroccan holidaymakers enjoying snake charmers, musicians, henna tattoos, an abundance of orange juice, bubble guns and every sort of sideshow entertainment imaginable. Some ...

... disorient you, then of course they offer to show you the way, take you on a long walk, then ask for a huge tip. So you have to be confident with where you are going, which is not easy in a place where very few streets actually have names and there are maybe 5 street signs in a medina of 1000 streets. The golden rule is never take out a map in a busy public place - the vultures will be straight on you.